Tarikh-i saʿadat-i jawid 4.3

4.3

The Khan, having heard this, went to the quarter in which the Mughal was residing, and there heard some people saying, "This Mughal is a fornicator, liar, and impostor. We never saw the wife of the Khattri coming to his house; how then was she married to him?" The Khan returned to his house, and the next morning, having called the washerman's wife, put her to torture, when she confessed that the Mughal had given her money to place that bridal apparel amongst the woman's clothes. The Khan put both the Mughal and the washerman's wife to death. Many stories like this of the justice of the said Khan were related in Lahore. May God forgive him for his sins! Lala Lakhpat Rai and Jaspat Rai, both Khattris of Lahore, were secretaries and counsellors of Zakariya Khan, and entrusted with the conduct of all his affairs. Although they both had received the title of Raja, yet they did not themselves assume that appellation. When Nadir Shah, after his plunder of Dehli, returned to his native country, he ordered that all the people of Lahore should be taken away prisoners. Lala Lakhpat Rai made him a present of three lacs of rupees, which were accepted; and having thus caused the freedom of about five hundred thousand people, male and female, of the Hindu and Muhammadan persuasions, he left a good name behind him in this world.